[B-Greek] Luke 22:53
Elizabeth Kline
kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 12 13:25:33 EDT 2005
On Oct 11, 2005, at 10:59 PM, Bob Firth wrote:
> Luke 22:53b:
> hAUTH ESTIN hUMWN hH hWRA KAI hH EXOUSIA TOU SKOTOUS
> αὕτη ἐστὶν ὑμῶν ἡ ὥρα καὶ ἡ
> ἐξουσία τοῦ σκότους
>
> One solution is to understand hAUTH ESTIN hUMWN as linked only with hH
> hWRA and take KAI as introducing a phrase clarifying this hour, as in
> “this is your hour, that of the power of darkness.” So NIV,
> "this is
> your hour, when darkness reigns.”
>
> Alternately, ESTIN hUMWN might be understood to apply to both phrases,
> linked by KAI as in “this hour is yours, and so is the power of
> darkness.” so NASB, “this hour, and the power of darkness are
> yours.”
>
> A third undestanding (my own creation) is to take hAUTH ESTIN in
> connection with the darkness, and the KAI connecting the two phrases
> which are both modified by hUMWN, “but this is your hour and your
> authority - darkness.”
>
In your third suggestion I cannot reconcile your syntax analysis with
your translation. What do you mean by "hAUTH ESTIN in connection with
the darkness"? Do you want to make TOU SKOTOUS a neuter genitive the
predicate of hAUTH a nominative feminine when there are two
nominative feminines hH hWRA KAI hH EXOUSIA close at hand? Your
translation doesn't reflect this.
>
> Alternately, ESTIN hUMWN might be understood to apply to both phrases,
ESTIN hUMWN is not a constituent.
The third alternative needs some clarification.
Elizabeth Kline
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